Halloween progress

Over the weekend, I finally got down to sorting my new Halloween goodies into piles and storing like things together.  I even started listing in a spiral notebook all the props I could remember.  That required going back through some pictures on the memory card and past blog posts.  It was too hot to drag  all the bins down from the garage shelves and into the house, so I know I've missed some things.

But I have new candleholders,

new masks and wigs, what looks to be a Frankenstein tree-hugger, several yard signs,

ground-busters,

and my second favorite item: a small poseable skeleton. 

His arms and legs all bend at the joints, but they don't rotate.  Nor does his head rotate.  Nevermind, though, I'm having fun just moving him around the house and messing with Tandi's head.

She's such an easy mark.

Some of the goodies are just too cutesie for me, but I have friends with children who will enjoy them more, so I will do some re-gifting.  Besides, I'm up to 9 bins--in addition to the things that won't fit in bins.

I found canopy tents at Wally World a couple of weeks ago and priced them at $49.00.  I'm thinking they may come down in price within the next couple of weeks as the Big W needs to start putting out the fall items, but even if they don't, that's not a bad price and I can work with it.

In the meantime, I will be scouring yard sales and thrift stores for old Ouija boards, odd jars, tarot cards, beads, bright scarves or fabric, etc. It's about time for Michael's to start putting out their Halloween items, too.

We're down to 109 days, people.